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Make Golden Mean calipers - Timberwolf - 03-14-2022
Neat little project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2rgG8DtlXo
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - Tony Z - 03-15-2022
Thanks Jack! Have you many any yet? I just might have one of my guys set up a CNC to make some.
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - Derek Cohen - 03-15-2022
Tony, I made this one close to 20 years ago ...
![[Image: Fibonacci-Gauge2.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/Pxg3s6mF/Fibonacci-Gauge2.jpg)
Tasmanian Blackwood and brass, with handmade brass rivets.
Regards from Perth
Derek
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - Timberwolf - 03-15-2022
(03-15-2022, 04:54 AM)Tony Z Wrote: Thanks Jack! Have you many any yet? I just might have one of my guys set up a CNC to make some.
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No, I haven't yet, Tony...trying to decide whether to make one out of some of the exotic woods stash I have, or out of some 1/8" sheet aluminum I have a ton of.
No doubt which would be the prettiest tho. 
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - Tony Z - 03-15-2022
(03-15-2022, 08:01 AM)Derek Cohen Wrote: Tony, I made this one close to 20 years ago ...
Tasmanian Blackwood and brass, with handmade brass rivets.
Regards from Perth
Derek
NICE! Really like the brass tips Derek!
T.Z.
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - rwe2156 - 03-15-2022
Made one, never have used it!!!
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - Tony Z - 03-15-2022
(03-15-2022, 09:58 AM)rwe2156 Wrote: Made one, never have used it!!!
Sometimes we make things, just to make them!
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - muermon - 03-15-2022
Here's an interesting counterpoint to the golden mean caliper video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOjEXo7Q9Lg
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - Philip1231 - 03-15-2022
1.618: its on a post-it note on the wall of my shop. I refer to it frequently when designing.
RE: Make Golden Mean calipers - Alan S - 03-16-2022
The golden ratio shows up many places in math and nature: the ratio of adjacent Fibonacci numbers approach it for example. It does look good.
People periodically point out that matches in art are not precise. So what? The video linked above shows a way that doesn’t produce the ratio, and suggests that says something about it. I didn’t watch beyond that.